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One of the thorns in my side with respect to web design is keeping a site uniform when different people access the site who have different resolutions on their computers. To see what I am talking about, on the following site, http://www.keyfreight.net the site can be viewed at 800x600, 1024x768, and 1152x864 and the yellowish graphic running along the top will expand (or shrink) based upon the resolution of the person hitting the site.

How is this done? I am sure the answer is simple, but it is driving me crazy.

jayc...these guys are on the right track...the effect is called variable width in the industry. I build sites that way all the time. Your best bet would be to view source on a page that you like and study how they achieved the effect.

Here is a page that I have done that is light on code and well-commented. It should help you get started building variable width sites.

tables and re-sizing

I have used tables set at 100% width & 100% height that work to position elements properly when the window is resized - wored on all browsers UNTIL I downloaded NS6!!! I guess the table "height" attribute is not valid so it is ignored in NS6.

Re: tables and re-sizing

Originally posted by forrest I have used tables set at 100% width & 100% height that work to position elements properly when the window is resized - wored on all browsers UNTIL I downloaded NS6!!! I guess the table "height" attribute is not valid so it is ignored in NS6.